When comparing Messenger vs QuickPic, the Slant community recommends Messenger for most people. In the question“What are the best Material Design apps?”Messenger is ranked 6th while QuickPic is ranked 57th. The most important reason people chose Messenger is:

Pro

Impressive video-player

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Fast performance loading photos

QuickPic displays photos ultra fast and performs better than most stock gallery apps. Developed with speed in mind, QuickPic will make working with any library of photos lightning quick.

Pro

Supports hidden images

In order to hide an image, start the title with a period. This can be great for privacy purposes.

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Supports multiple online photo album services

QuickPic integrates with: Flickr, Picasa, 500px, and many more.

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Excellent file management tools

QuickPic offers excellent file management tools, with the ability to move and rename photos, users are in total control over the photo library. Easily find new photos by date or location with the grouping tool.

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Cons

Con

Lack of privacy

Messenger is owned by Facebook. Based on their privacy policy, this means that any information you provide (including messages sent) are used by Facebook to profile you and sell access to your data to advertisers.

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Lack of end-to-end encryption

Secret (end-to-end encrypted) chats are only supported in one-to-one messages, and are not enabled by default, and the encryption has not been verified independently.

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No video messages

Currently there is no way to send video messages using Messenger.

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Untrustworthy

It's owned by Cheetah Mobile. That says it all.

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